Venetian blind



April 18, 1939.

INVENTOR. BY 'fia'mali'lorerzixen his A TTORNEYS Patented Apr. 18, 1939UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hardware for Venetian blinds.

An object is to provide a detachable clip for securing a valance to thehead bar (1. e. suspen-' 5 $1011 bar) of the blind.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent asthe description proceeds.

While a preferred form of the invention is disclosed for purposes ofillustration, it should be to understood that various changes may bemade in the structure without departing from the spirit of the inventionas herein set forth and claimed.

The figure of the drawing is a perspective view showing a valance clipused in attaching a is valance to the head bar.

The users of Venetian blinds sometime desire to attach a strip called avalance in a position depending from the head bar to hide the operatinghardware and cover the opening between the Ell .head bar and the tiltrail. These valances are usually held in place by screws, and thepresent invention provides a simple and economical clip by which thevalance can be quickly detached and replaced. The valance clip asillustrated in the 25 drawing comprises a member formed of resilientmaterial, preferably stamped metal, formed with an arm 48 whichextendsacross the upper side of the head bar l and a lower arm 49 whichengages the lower side of the head bar. The end 30 of the lower arm istoed out as shown at 41. The front face Bl is attached to the valancestrip II by screws or other suitable fastenings.

Sometimes it is desired to space the valance forwardly from the head barto provide room for as the operating hardware, and thiscan easily beprovided for by forming the clip with a stop shoulder which engages thefront face of the head bar. In the case of the stamping illustrated,this stop shoulder is conveniently formed by merely pressing an offsetinto the clip. 5

I claim:

1. In the art of Venetian blinds, a valance support to removably attacha valance to a head bar having upper and lower parallel surfaces, saidsupport comprising: a single strip of resilient sheet metal folded intogenerally U-shaped form and having legs of different lengths connectedat one end by a flat section of the strip, the legs converging whenunstressed and being adapted to be sprung apart to slidably andfrictionally grip said parallel surfaces of said head bar, the shorteroi the legs having a toed-out end, and said flat section being adaptedto be attached to the valance.

2. In the art of Venetian blinds, a valance sup- 2 port to removablyattache. valance to a head bar having upper and lower parallel surfaces,said support comprising: a single strip of resilient sheet metal foldedinto generally U-shaped form and having legs of diflerent lengthsconnected at one end by a flat section of the strip, the legs convergingwhen unstressed and being adapted to be sprung apart to slidably andfrictionally grip said parallel surfaces of said head bar, the shorterof the legs having a toed-out end, said fiat section so being adapted tobe attached to the valance, and at least one of the legs having integralinwardly projecting means to engage the front of the head bar and spacethe valance therefrom.

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